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IBM to further expand their Pure systems catalog with Pure Data
IBM, knowing that Power7+ still exists in a TON of Oracle shops, now tries to compete with Oracle Exadata. – http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/15/ibm_pureapplication_puredata_updates/ Further expanding the IBM Flex System line (name appropriate), IBM now offers the PureApplication W1700 based on the PureSystems p460+ double-width blade. The PureApplication+PureData position I assume will be begin attacking the Oracle Exadata marketshare. Utilizing […]
Tags: cloud, Exadata, FlexSystem, IBM, Oracle, PureFlex, PureSystems
Posted in Citrix XenDesktop, Cloud, IBM, Oracle Exadata, PureFlex, Virtualization | No Comments »
New Mobile Encryption App Allows Secure Phone Calls SMS and File Transfers
Today, Slate released an article highlighting the Silent Circle application seen here Silent Circle‘s new mobile encryption app promises to revolutionize the mobile encryption field. Silent Circle’s new encryption app allows complete mobile device functionality while using being totally encrypted. High level functionality included in your $20/mo access fee: Encrypted SMS text Encrypted SMS file […]
Tags: cloud, Encryption, Security
Posted in Coud Security | No Comments »
VMware to Cut 900 Jobs as Revenue Growth Slows, now what?
After reading the Wall Street Journal Article, attending VMworld 2012 (where it was announced that Pat Gelsinger was replacing Paul Maritz), and after VMware consumes acquisition after acquisition only to wait one, two and even three years before incorporating said acquired functionality into the VMware product line (for which they acquired); I’m beginning to wonder if […]
Tags: cloud, cloud computing, desktop computing, ESX, esxi, virtualization, vmware
Posted in Cloud, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, vmware | 4 Comments »
What hypervisors are you seeing in the general public?
Scott’s post on multiple hypervisor’s got me thinking… Regardless of workload (server, VDI, DR, Test/Dev) I myself only really see one hypervisor out there… VMware. I think so many companies have built their operational policies, processes and procedures around ESX that it is going to be an incredibly difficult migration to something else. I know of […]
Tags: Citrix, cloud, ESX, esxi, microsoft, VDI, VIew, vmware, XenServer
Posted in Citrix XenDesktop, Cloud, Desktop Virtualization, Hyper-V, Linux, View, Virtualization, vmware, Windows Server 2012, XenServer | 2 Comments »